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In past years our local mallards have had only unsuccesful attempts at nesting by our little pond. This year we had seen only drakes, but clearly mom was well hidden, even from the dogs. We’ll have to keep an eye on the dogs with seven little ducklings waddling around… could be trouble…

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(Large size on Flickr, click here)

(Large size on Flickr, click here)